{"id":1766,"date":"2012-07-11T14:47:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T14:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2018-08-25T15:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T05:21:58","slug":"366-unusual-things-days-189-193-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"366 unusual things: days 189-193"},"content":{"rendered":"

7th July – Researching the El Gala’a Bridge in Cairo for a ‘Night’<\/a> photo challenge, I discovered it opened for feluccas by pivoting the central part around to perpendicular, making two passageways for the boats.
\nThe first photo below is my father’s (that is, it was in his album but possibly not taken by him) which seems to have been shot from an identical position as the ‘Night’ photo.\u00a0 Following this are two photos (undated but taken during WWII) in the National Library of Australia collection, by war photographer Frank Hurley, of the bridge opened for felucca traffic.\u00a0 When closed, the bridge seems to have been only for pedestrians in those days.\u00a0 I searched for recent images of the El Gala’a Bridge and found that it now carries heavy vehicular traffic, and during last year’s revolution was jam-packed with Egyptians heading for Tahrir Square.<\/p>\n

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“English Bridge”, Cairo (El Gala’a Bridge), 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Hurley,<\/p>\n

\"Hurley,<\/p>\n

8th July – Bought a green leather bag which was half-price ‘because of the colour’.<\/p>\n

9th July – Spent hours searching the Internet for an image matching my camel bridge photo<\/a>.\u00a0 Finally found a postcard from the early 20th century showing the same bridge.\u00a0 The Internet is an amazing resource!<\/p>\n

10th July – Tried to get out of a 3-hour free carpark.\u00a0 Put the ticket in the machine and it shot out and landed in a puddle where 6 other tickets were being rained on.\u00a0 Mine was the driest, so I picked it up and put it back in.\u00a0 It shot out again.\u00a0 I hit the red ‘Help’ button and a muffled voice announced the free parking had been reduced to 2 hours.\u00a0 The boom was generously raised anyway.<\/p>\n

11th July – Learned that Joni Mitchell’s song ‘Both sides now’ was written as a poem.\u00a0 It’s great read aloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7th July – Researching the El Gala’a Bridge in Cairo for a ‘Night’ photo challenge, I discovered it opened for feluccas by pivoting the central part around to perpendicular, making two passageways for the boats. The first photo below is my father’s (that is, it was in his album but possibly not taken by him) … <\/p>\n

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